Battle of the Brands: The Final Four

June 30, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: Lessing-Flynn, Des Moines, jess held, jordan bloodsworth, Marketing, Iowa, tom flynn, Chris Hanson, connor flynn, joe rosenberg, timberpine, hy-vee, wells fargo, Jim Spoerl, iowa state fair, KCCI, Jill Haverkamp, Blank Park Zoo, Ag Leader, AE Dairy, Silicon Prairie News, Dwolla, storey kenworthy, john pemble, Mike Wagner, White Rabbit Group, Katie Ketelsen, battle of the brands, brands, the iowa clinic, iowa health system, the final four, Stacy Rose, Geoff Wood, Kendra Kelly, Chris Abrahamson, Elenn Held, Joel Clifton, Cheri Bustos, on pitch media, Ben Milne, ARAG, Marc Hollander, Davis Brown Law, Des Moines Nomade, DMNKOTB, Jessica Reis, caddyshack

] Alright, no time to watch the video? Come on, we worked hard on it! Alright, here are the results, with winners in bold and vote counts for each. Hy-Vee – 397 Votes  vs. AE Dairy – 394 Votes (yes, it was that close) KCCI – 582 Votes vs. Wells Fargo – 199 Votes Iowa State Fair [...]

Battle of the Brands: The Elite 8 – Super Tuesday

June 29, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: AE, Anderson Erickson, Anderson Erickson Dairy, battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, CBS, CSI, Fargo Movie, Frances McDormand, hy-vee, Iowa Clinic, iowa realty, iowa state fair, KCCI, Kevin Cooney, Lessing-Flynn, Marge Grunderson, wells fargo

Welcome to Super Tuesday – the re-do of the Elite 8 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands. As you may have read, we had some fraudulent voting. You can relive that drama here. Because of this voting will only last for four hours today. You can relive this particular drama here. Now, for the good drama. [...]

Battle of the Brands: Super Tuesday

June 28, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing, Social Media
Tags: Anderson Erickson Dairy, battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines, elite 8, facebook, hy-vee, Iowa, iowa realty, iowa state fair, KCCI, Lessing-Flynn, the iowa clinic, twitter, wells fargo

We went into the weekend with the outcome of the Elite 8 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands unknown. Due to some over zealous bot dork, we found we were receiving up to 1,000 votes every five minutes. As much as we’d like to think that Battle of the Brands was that popular, we weren’t [...]

Battle of the Brands: The Elite 8

June 23, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: AE, Anderson Erickson, Anderson Erickson Dairy, battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, CBS, CSI, Fargo Movie, Frances McDormand, hy-vee, Iowa Clinic, iowa realty, iowa state fair, KCCI, Kevin Cooney, Lessing-Flynn, Marge Grunderson, sherry hoyer, wells fargo

Welcome to the Elite 8 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands. Unlike previous match-ups that were staggered – we are putting all of the Elite 8 match-ups in one post. To see the Sweet 16 results, click here. Also of note, voting for this region will end on FRIDAY JUNE 25 AT NOON! To VOTE [...]

Battle of the Brands: Elite 8 Announced

June 23, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: AE, Anderson Erickson Dairy, battle of the brands, Blank Park Zoo, Branding, brands, Des Moines, hy-vee, Iowa, iowa realty, John Deere Credit, KCCI, Lessing-Flynn, State Fair, the iowa clinic, wells fargo

Congratulations to the Iowa State Fair, Blank Park Zoo, The Iowa Clinic, Iowa Realty, Wells Fargo, KCCI, Anderson Erickson Dairy and Hy-Vee. You’re moving on to the Elite 8. Check out how close the battle between Wells Fargo and John Deere Credit was! We’ll post the brackets shortly. Thanks for participating in Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of [...]

Battle of the Brands: The Sweet 16

June 21, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: AE, AE Dairy, Anderson Erickson, B-Bops, battle of the brands, Bear Grylls, Blank Park Zoo, BP, breeding, Brennan Buckley, casey's, casey's general store, Dave Chappelle, east village, Electric Avenue, hy-vee, hyvee, IHS, iowa health system, iowa realty, iowa state fair, John Deere Credit, Jumanji, Karl Chevrolet, Karl Moyer, KCCI, Kevin Cooney, Lessing-Flynn, Man vs. Wild, midamerican energy, Miyabi 9, Simply for Giggles, Star Wars, sweet 16, the iowa clinic, Tones, Tones Spices, wells fargo, Yoda

Welcome to the Sweet 16 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands. Unlike previous match-ups that were staggered – we are putting all of the Sweet 16 match-ups in one post. Also of note, Voting for this region will end on Wednesday, June 23 at noon. To VOTE for the Sweet 16 match-ups click HERE – [...]

Battle of the Brands: 2nd Half of Sweet 16 Announced

June 18, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: Anderson Erickson, B-Bops, battle of the brands, Des Moines, hy-vee, Iowa, iowa brands, iowa companies, John Deere Credit, Karl Chevrolet, KCCI, Lessing-Flynn, Tones, wells fargo

Congratulations to Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands Potpourri Region Sweet 16 Iowa Brands: John Deere Credit, Wells Fargo, KCCI & Karl Chevrolet. You’re moving on to the next round! Congratulations to Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands Food Region Sweet 16 Iowa Brands: Tones, Anderson Erickson, B-Bops and Hy-vee. You’re moving on to the next round! The Sweet [...]

Battle of the Brands: Potpourri Region Round 2

June 14, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: battle of the brands, CityView, EMC, EMC Insurance Companies, John Deere Credit, joseph's, josephs jewelers, Karl Chevrolet, KCCI, Lessing-Flynn, Pioneer, wells fargo

Welcome to the Second Round of the Potpourri Region. Here are the match-ups, how they got here and names for each match-up. You can VOTE for the Potpourri Region Round Two Match–ups HERE or find another link at the bottom of this post. “The Mighty Acronyms” - EMC vs. JDC Anyone out there not know how to [...]

Battle of the Brands: Results, Potpourri Region Round 1

June 11, 2010 in Advertising, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing
Tags: battle of the brands, CityView, EMC Insurance Companies, John Deere Credit, joseph's, Karl Chevrolet, KCCI, Lessing-Flynn, Pioneer, wells fargo

Congratulations to John Deere Credit, EMC Insurance Companies, Wells Fargo, Pioneer, KCCI, CityView, Josephs and Karl Chevrolet! You’re moving on to the next round. VOTE for the brands you feel most positive about in the Fuel & Fun Region HERE Updated brackets: JPG Version – Fast but pixelated and ugly PDF Version – Slow but [...]

Battle of the Brands: Potpourri Region Round 1

June 7, 2010 in Agriculture, Battle of the Brands, Branding, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn
Tags: 1700 the Champ, battle of the brands, CityView, Des Moines, Des Moines Business Record, des moines register, Ed Wilson, EMC, firestone, Firestone Ag, Holmes Murphy, Iowa, iowa brands, Iowa Diamond, Iowa Farm Bureau, John Deere Credit, joseph's, Karl Chevrolet, KCCI, Kevin Cooney, Kyle Munson, Lessing-Flynn, Marty Tirrel, Matt Meszaros, meredith, midwest basement systems, Pioneer, Pioneer Hybrid, Strategic America, Three Amigos Reference, Toyota of Des Moines, wells fargo

Welcome to the third full day of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands and Round 1 of the Potpourri Region. These were the brands we had to include but couldn’t quite find the right region name for. Rejected options were Plethora, or Cornucopia, but Potpourri seemed to fit. If you want to vote on previously posted match-ups, [...]